Is it just me or are these all just spectacularily ugly and/or boring? The only one of the August batch that doesn't actively try to convince me to cancel my order via ocular insult is the one for Kumashiro's Street of Joy and even in that case I'd have preferred the original poster art:

Nikkatsu has, of course, a long tradition of terrible cover art. Even the VHS of their "Roman Series" were ugly as hell and the Geneon DVDs continued this trend. I guess Happinet is just keeping tradition at this point. Clearly I am spoiled by Toei and their catalogue releases, which usually go with the original poster art (with the occasional added nipple censorship) but who in their right mind thinks these things will convince anybody to part with their hard-earned cash?

I may have said this before, but the female star of Red Violation, Megumi Saki, is my favourite Roman Porno actress. She only appeared in two Roman Porno films, though. Red Violation was the first, and Rape Ceremony the second. She also seems to be in Wakamatsu's Pool Without Water. I'd really like to see that.

Lucky me, the only good looking artwork is for the only film I have on pre-order (Rolling on the Road). Well, Love Hotel and Assault! Jack the Ripper are of course fine films, but I already have them on dvd. Wet Lust: 21 Strippers is pretty good too, saw it on 35mm a few years ago. Woods are Wet I haven't seen, and High School Girl's Diary just plain sucks.

Fix that ASAP! It's an outstanding film and one of the best cinematic interpretations of the works of the Marquis de Sade! Also, Kumashiro trolling the Japanese censors via giant geometric black shapes is hilarious even if it is guaranteed to forever prevent the film from getting an official release in the West.

Rolling on the Road used that title also upon its DVD release (I always wanted to buy it, but it was impossible to afford). I'm happy they used that; a much better title than Oh Women! A Dirty Song. And, well, Assault! Jack the Ripper is a pretty damn cool title too!

Marshall wrote:That sukeban one (seventh one down) looks like a must-own for me.

Saw it a few years ago and didn't care much for it (then again, I've never cared for any of Nikkatsu Roman Porno Sukeban films).

Sukeban Sex Violence (Japan, 1973) [VoD] – 2/5Nikkatsu was no stranger to girl gang movies, having pioneered the genre with the Stray Cat Rock series. This modest roman porno is a far cry from those films or Toei’s pinky violence films. It’s 70 minutes of sex, schoolgirl fights, rock music, and more sex. It should be a sound concept, but comes out far less exiting than you might hope. Like most other sukeban films made in the Roman Porno genre (e.g. Sukeban Mafia: Dirty Insult), the main cast lacks any credibility and merely looks like a bunch of sex film stars pretending to be bad girls. There's even a comedic fat sukeban girl who is bound to get on the viewer's nerves. The most outrageous exploitation element is actually found in the poster, which, despite giving the "correct" reading “Sukeban Sex Violence”, clearly states “High School Girl Sex Violence” in kanji characters. Two birds with one stone.

The Happinet BDs continue to be a bit of a mixed bag. While they are all an obvious improvement over any previously released DVDs, they clearly employed a bit of DNR and - most bafflingly to me - a number of the BDs are actually interlaced. For the first batch in April it was 2 out of 6 BDs that were interlaced, with the June batch it was only 1 out of 6 but with the August batch it's a whopping 4 out of 6!

Guro Taku wrote:Norifumi Suzuki's STAR OF DAVID: HUNTING FOR BEAUTFUL GIRLS 堕靡泥の星 美少女狩り (1979) will get a Blu-ray release from Shock Entertainment in Germany. Supposedly their contract specifies that they will be the first to release the film in HD. No release date yet but I'd guess late 2016/early 2017.

Comes out September 15th. German subs only.

As usual with German releases, there's a number of different covers to choose from:

I have the entire October batch on order and so far haven't received a cancellation notice either. Guess I'm done shopping at CDJapan after 15 years. Amazon (who have had the "we don't ship porn to foreigners" policy for many years) is consistently cheaper, especially with pre-orders, and if I have to go through a Japanese middle-man company to get my stuff I'll make damn sure I make up for the extra expense somewhere else.

We are sorry to inform you: due to unforeseen circumstances we are currently taking down a part of our listings from CDJapan indefinitely. We are sorry for any inconveniences that might have caused you, and thank you for your support.

That's very vague and doesn't even state which items are affected. It does make it sound like this wasn't their decision. I have no idea what the Japanese laws are like regarding this kind of thing or if there has been a recent change.

This one's coming out November 8th. It's funny/frustrating that they're still slowly working their way through the 27 titles of their first license batch - which they announced in 2009! At this rate they won't get around to the titles of the second batch (announced a mere 2 years ago) before 2020.